When we were first started we were doing a lot of Motown stuff, but actually playing it more in a rock way. Everybody in the band sang and we did a lot of harmonies. — Roy Wood Copy Share Image
When we did a lot of that Motown stuff there were four of us on the front line. When we started the evening we'd start from one end of the band and just go along. The lead singer would change… — Roy Wood Copy Share Image
I named it that because more or less each person from the band used to play in other bands and when we left respective… — Roy Wood Copy Share Image
The best thing I ever heard was in the '60s. I heard Jimi Hendrix play 'I Can Hear The Grass Grow' after a rehearsal,… — Roy Wood Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, most of the songs that I write I don't write them with guitar in mind. I just write it as a song and… — Roy Wood Copy Share Image
Well, obviously I wanted it to sound as original as possible. I suppose the influences that we had were probably from the actual power… — Roy Wood Copy Share Image
I've always been that way. I'm not very good at reading music but I'm pretty quick at picking things up. — Roy Wood Copy Share Image
The first people I ever saw were probably Little Richard and Gene Vincent. — Roy Wood Copy Share Image
I think it was probably down to the fact that we weren't together personally as a band. We weren't pulling in the same direction.… — Roy Wood Copy Share Image
We happened to be in the studio next door and I think Noel Redding came around and said, 'Do you fancy having a sing… — Roy Wood Copy Share Image
Even though we didn't actually record it as the Move I had already written a song called 'Dear Elaine,' which I subsequently put on… — Roy Wood Copy Share Image
We should have gone over years before that. I always wanted to and I think most of the band did. — Roy Wood Copy Share Image
Of course, the wind sort of swept up and the music was flying around in mid air and they were trying to play off… — Roy Wood Copy Share Image
To me, 'Blackberry Way' stands up as a song that could be sung in any era, really. We do it with the new doing… — Roy Wood Copy Share Image
